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The Digital Protection Commission would work alongside the Federal Trade Commission to oversee mergers and acquisitions to ensure fair competition. This year, Microsoft's acquisition of gaming company, Activision Blizzard caught the attention of the FTC due to shady business practices on Microsoft's end.The two senators also mentioned how the average American falls victim to Big Tech by being forced to offer up copious amounts of personal data to use their platforms. Lax regulations for storing and handling American…

Big Tech companies are facing possible federal regulations from Congress after two senators released a proposal on Thursday to sue or force platforms to stop operating if they violate consumer privacy and spread harmful content online. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) came together in a bipartisan act to file the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act in an attempt to keep artificial intelligence and platforms like Amazon, Google, Meta, TikTok, and Twitter, in check.Is…

The White House will brief senators Tuesday on artificial intelligence in a classified setting as lawmakers consider adopting legislative safeguards on the fast-moving technology.The 3 p.m. ET briefing, organized by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and other senators, will be the first-ever classified Senate briefing on AI and will take place in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) at the U.S. Capitol. The briefers will include Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence; Deputy Secretary of…

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and ranking Republican member Lindsey Graham said on Friday they wrote to Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg regarding reports that Instagram's algorithm facilitates child sexual abuse material. Earlier this month, CNBC reported that Instagram's recommendation algorithms have been connecting and promoting accounts that facilitate and sell such content, according to an investigation. In the article, CNBC quoted a Meta spokesperson as saying the company had taken several…

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Meta citing WSJ reporting about Instagram’s algorithm. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Meta citing WSJ reporting about Instagram’s algorithm. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

A group of bipartisan senators are said to have asked to explain to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from being shared among networks of pedophiles on the platform. Lawmakers from the Senate Judiciary Committee also want to know how Instagram's algorithms brought users who want to share such content together in the first place, according to . In a letter to the company, 10 senators including committee chair Dick Durbin and Republican ranking member Lindsey Graham reportedly said they were “gravely concerned…

Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.) and Gary Peters (Mich.) are requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the potential harms of generative artificial intelligence (AI) as lawmakers mull possible regulations for the booming industry. The senators asked the nonpartisan government agency to conduct a “detailed technology assessment” of the risks of generative AI tools and how to mitigate them in their letter sent Friday. The Democrats noted previously identified risks of the technology,…

PGA Tour logo during the third round of the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2017, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.Fred Kfoury | Icon Sportswire | Getty ImagesKey lawmakers on Wednesday invited the officials behind the proposed deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing.Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee's permanent subcommittee on investigations, respectively,…

A debate in Congress over adding more flights, including long-distance routes, at Reagan National Airport has divided the airline industry and pitted senators against one another in a dispute that transcends party lines. A debate in Congress over adding more flights, including long-distance routes, at Reagan National Airport has divided the airline industry and pitted senators against one another in a dispute that transcends party lines. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of…

Ottawa Senators goaltender Alex Auld (35) stops Nashville Predators' Patric Hornqvist, right, during second-period NHL hockey action in Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 9, 2012.Fred ChartrandThe National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators have found a new owner.Toronto-based billionaire Michael Andlauer has agreed to acquire the Senators, setting a record for the highest price paid for an NHL team, according to a person familiar with the matter.The deal is said to be valued at nearly $1 billion, Sportico earlier reported.Andlauer is…